NY) PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
pleasure our meetings have afforded us, there is another still 
more important object gained by them, which is, that in learn- 
ing accurately to observe the works of nature, we are insensibly 
led to remember the God who made them. 
Before reading the report of our meetings I beg to resign the 
office of President, to which you so kindly elected me last year, 
and trust that my successor will discharge his duties more ably 
and with more benefit to the Society than I have done. 
The first Field Meeting for 1847 was held on the 21st of May, 
in Morpeth and its vicinity. The party, in consequence of the 
uncertainty of the weather, was small. An exceedingly pleasant 
day, however, was spent on the banks of the Wansbeck, from Mor- 
peth, to a little way below Bothal. The banks of the river are 
lofty and thickly wooded, and many of the views are extremely 
picturesque. The party visited the lofty viaduct now in progress, 
132 feet in height, over the Wansbeck, and such other points as 
were considered of most interest, and to which they were conducted 
by Mr. Creighton, of Morpeth. The day, notwithstanding the pre- 
vious bad weather, was exceedingly fine, and thus added to the 
charms of the delightful scenery through which their course was 
directed. The members breakfasted and dined at the Queen’s 
Head Inn, Morpeth. After dinner, the only business transacted 
was the election of Mr. Creighton as a member of the Club, 
and the fixing of the day of the next Meeting, which it was de- 
termined should be held at Castle Eden, on Wednesday, the 16th 
of June, and the passing of the following resolution. Moved by 
Mr. R. R. Dees, and seconded by Mr. Loftus, “That all papers, 
&e., presented for printing in the Transactions of the Club, be 
first submitted to the Committee, who shall have the power of 
accepting or rejecting them, or of printing only such portions of 
them as they may deem of sufficient importance. In the latter 
case, the author to have the power of withdrawing the paper if 
ye should think fit.” 
The Second Field Meeting was held on Wednesday, the 16th 
June, at Castle Eden Dene, and notwithstanding the unsettled 
state of the weather both previous to and after the meeting 
